The Sheraton Conakry Hotel in Guinea and the Sheraton Juba Hotel in South Sudan are expected to open in 2015, while the Sheraton Nouakchott Hotel will open in Mauritania in 2017.

Starwood’s CEO noted that many African economies are experiencing sharp growth and that tourism to the continent is expanding rapidly. “There could not be a better time to expand our footprint here,” he added.

The first Sheraton hotel in Africa opened in Cairo, Egypt, in 1971. There are three other Sheraton hotels currently under development in Algeria, Libya and Senegal.